film production companies

MAJOR COMPANIES
Fox entertainment group- formed in 1990s, it is now part owned by Rupert Murdoch, and is best known for Power Rnagers series in 1995.

Paramount motion pictures group- founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor with films such as: Willy Wonka, A Dolls house and Judgement day.

DreamWorks SKG- American company began in 1994 with films such as: Antz, Shrek, Bee Movie, Flushed away and Shark tale.

Sony picture entertainment- In 1989 Sony acquired Columbia pictures entertainment. with films such as: Men in Black, Jeopardy, Spiderman, The Karate Kid and Ghostbusters.

NBC universal- formed in 2004, General Electric' NBC merged with Vevendi. In 2009 GE and US cable company Comcast agree to buyout NBC universal. Comcast getting 51% and GE getting 49% and GE are to buy out Vevendi.

INDEPENDENT
Dark Castle entertainment, Silver pictures, Sherwood pictures, O entertainment, ImageMovers, EMI films, Five and Two pictures, Gold circle films and Liberty Media.

We chose Dark Castle entertainment as we decided our opening was more likely to go straight to DVD is produced therefore would have a smaller company representing it. Dark Castles has represented Psycological thrillers such as: Gothika and Orphan although these were also shown by Warner Bros and Columbia pictures as they are the major companies. Dark Castle was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler. It usually produces horror films as its name pays respect to William Castle who was a filmmaker in 1950-1960, the company's goal was to remake these films, after two films, they decided to produce their own material. Beginning with RochnRolla, they produced other genre films other than horror.